Ouch!

[Long0]

I finally had my camera with me on Sat and was able to get a couple pics of this truck, trailer and dozer that went off the road. The company that owns the equipment was there yesterday pumping out all the fluids and said that they are going to wait until spring to upright it and drag it all out.

Truck went off the road on Christmas Eve during a white out. Luckly nobody was hurt. The driver said the trailer got sideways on him coming down the hill and the weight of the dozer pulled the truck sideways sending him over the edge. Rough start to the Xmas holiday

[Long0]

No. 2

[Honest Mike]

Thats awful, especially right in time for the holidays. :( Luckily no one was hurt, thats the important thing. Im surprised they are going to leave that equipment there unitl Spring. I guess its good in a way to leave it there to show other motorists its a dangerous road and to take caution when traveling it. If it was my equipment though, Id want it out of there, the sooner the better. :cool: Mike

[Pelican]

I think I'd want my machine out of there too, but looking at the road conditions, the wrecker might end up down there with them trying to pull them out.

In either case, it ought to be an interesting recovery, and I'll bet an expensive one!

[Long0]

Originally posted by Pelican
[B]I think I'd want my machine out of there too, but looking at the road conditions, the wrecker might end up down there with them trying to pull them out.

The road has been snowpacked like that since late November. In chating with the guys, they did not think they could get everything tipped upright, unload the dozer and trailer and drag the rig out of the ditch without dry pavement.
The old highway runs off to the right in the second picture, so they are waiting until spring to upright it all and then drag the whole works through the field to the old highway.
I know the secretary of the company pretty well, so I asked her to call me when they start mobilizing to get it all out. More pics around May.

Andy

[ih82plow]

I would figure you would just hire a crane and have them lift it up.Or even one of those rigging helicopters.I dont know the value of the equiptment but I would want it in the shop being repaired for the work in the spring

[chtucker]

Andy where is that?

I have never seen a truck left behind... but they don't even bother trying to cleanup the cars that go off Highway 24 (battle mountain)

Take a walk along the railroad tracks and there has to be 20-30 cars (FYI almost no one survives the fall 1000 feet)

Howard

[Adams Plowing]

wow that would suck... hope they dont have any good use for that equipment in the near future... not to mention what kind of water damage is going to be done to it by spring... when all the snow melts that its gonna get burried under during the winter...

[Long0]

The wreck is just below McClure Pass on Hwy 133.

I would think that a crane would be useless just like a wrecker on the snowplacked roads. I don't know much about cranes, but I would not want to be lifting 30K+ lbs unless I knew for a fact I would not start sliding away from my load.

I don't have any details on the equipment, but I am assuming that the equipment is not worth the expense of a winter rescue operation.

Andy

[carpediembaby]

So they're waiting until spring to drag it out?
I witnessed one of those HUGE Long Graders that the city operates go off the side of a road once while eating breakfast at a Denny's restaurant.
The plow was going really slowly on a side road when the back wheel slipped off of the road. The guy driving it tried to manuever it back onto the road, but he didn't succeed. It went over the side of the road backwards and into a deep creek. When it stopped it was sitting on it's butt with it's nose peeking over the side of the embankment :haha It was pretty impressive. I wish I could have been there to see them get THAT one out.

[Snowboy]

Some of the crane's i've seen hoisting stuff up in the air have stabilizer legs that come out from the side truck. I think that would help the crane from slideing, they could even melt the area of snow pack or sand it like crazzy so there is some grip for the crane to work. Looks like someone doesnt care for there equipment and would rather just forget about it.

If only i had there money..

[Adams Plowing]

well they probaly look at it as the equipment is insured and if they wait till spring to pull it out its not going to cost them any more than there deductiable anyways so why not just let it sit.... becides by spring with the water damage what might have just been easily repaired will now be declared a total loss so the'll get money from their ins to just go buy new equipment...

[Mac_Muz]

I've had to haul out stuck cars and wrecks in winter... Much smaller, but still parking a wrecker and setting line lock (front wheel brakes) and then getting out for a look see to find the wrecker sliding down hill is No Fun.....

I can well believe leaving that wreck which is likey good for parts only after the twisting is about the best thing you can do...

I've used draft horses to pull wrecks to where a wrecker could get them.... Some places are simply wild......

For those that doubt it was a jeep wagon.. Certainaly not a rig like this.... Git up dolly Git Shorty....... Mac....

happy new year folks....

[tovoninc]

I had a semi rig stuck in a turn around (almost 80k weight total- 53' trailer of juice - heavy load). The ground was soft and the driver didn't realize it until it was too late.The recovery rig was a huge semi and it drove anchors into the gravel (cylinders at the rear of the rig) and used the hydraulic hoist and two block and tackles to pull it out.

impressive sight.

turn that one into insurance and wait for the spring thaw. another case of the tail wagging the dog.